Medical Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Population Health Programs
Company: Northwell Health Physician Partners
Location: New York
Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Northwell Health's Department of Behavioral Health is seeking a
Medical Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Population
Health Programs. This unique and exciting role would provide the
opportunity to develop and execute behavioral population health
programming at a system level, partnering with leaders across the
spectrum of the health system including Medicine, Pediatrics,
OB/GYN and Community Health. The role would span two divisions with
dual appointments in both the Behavioral Health Service Line and
Northwell Health Solutions, the Population Health Care Management
arm of Northwell Health. Primary responsibilities within the
service line would include leading the behavioral health
integration programs in medical settings. Key tasks would include
oversight of clinical quality, clinical operations, supervision,
and education for a large multidisciplinary team that includes
social workers, licensed mental health counselors, psychologists
and psychiatrists. Primary responsibilities within Health Solutions
would include oversight of behavioral health programming across the
care management continuum. Working closely with program leadership
to drive quality and deliver clinical outcomes, key tasks would
include program development and deployment in value-based care,
population health thought leadership, case conferencing, education,
clinical escalation, quality oversight, as well as clinical model
innovation in close collaboration with key stakeholders, including
the Behavioral Health Service Line. The individual would serve as
the behavioral health lead and subject matter expert for all of
Health Solutions, assisting care management programs with
behavioral health related needs and working closely with senior
leadership in the creation and execution of fully integrated
value-based models. A portion of professional time would also be
dedicated to the delivery of direct services through telepsychiatry
consultation of primary care and value-based patient populations.
Qualified candidates should have at least 3 years of post-residency
experience with demonstrated leadership in areas such as new
program development, quality and QI initiatives, behavioral health
integration or task shifting models. Experience or background in
population health, public health, healthcare economics, or
value-based care preferred. Key attributes for the successful
candidate would include a highly collaborative style of leadership,
being able to engage with various stakeholders in a large, highly
matrixed environment. The individual would be comfortable working
in a fast paced, "startup" like culture, providing maximal
opportunities for creativity in delivering behavioral health
services outside of traditional models and settings. They would
also excel at teaching and supervising across a variety of
disciplines and experience levels, including residents and fellows.
This position will report directly to the Executive Director of the
Behavioral Health Service line with matrixed reporting to medical
leadership of Health Solutions.Northwell Health is New York State's
largest health care provider and private employer, with 21
hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 12,000
affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually
in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic
support from our communities. Our 79,000 employees - 18,900 nurses
and 4,900 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health
Physician Partners - are working to change health care for the
better. We're making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein
Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation
of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker
School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell
School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.Northwell Health
is committed to training, supporting and nurturing physicians from
all backgrounds. We fully understand that diversity is integral for
our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health
equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part
of everything we do from education to clinical care, to research,
to physician well-being.Diversity and inclusion permeate our
educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make
sure every one of our physicians receive training on how to deliver
high quality, culturally competent care. Our recent educational
areas of focus have been on social determinants of health,
community engagement and developing a medical-legal partnership for
our physicians-in-training. One of our many strengths is our
diverse patient population and our expectation is that our diverse
patient populations receive equitable care, irrespective of who
they are. As a result, we continually recruit a diverse physician
workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patients.Qualified
candidates should forward their CV to Alice Perkins at .
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